Amtsgericht

Amtsgericht in Zehdenick

Amtsgericht is German for Local Court.[1] These courts form the lowest level of the so-called ordinary jurisdiction of the German judiciary (German Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit), which is responsible for most criminal and civil judicial matters.[2] The German Amtsgericht may be compared with the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.

The main areas of an Amtsgericht's jurisdiction are:

There are 640 Amtsgerichte in Germany,[3] whose jurisdictional area typically comprises a small number of towns or municipalities. The next higher level of ordinary jurisdiction is called Landgericht.

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